While so many airlines around the world are finding their way to cut costs and keep operations running, this trend unfortunately has also impacted Australia’s most popular airline. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce expects the airline group to cut $15 billion from its operating costs over the next three years, mostly through reduced flying with just […]
Tag: Australia
TripADeal founders sell majority stake to private equity
TripADeal founders Richard Johnston and Norm Black have ceded control of the business they founded in 2011, selling 55% of the company to BGH Capital, which is in the process of buying theme park operator Village Roadshow. Like so many travel companies, TripADeal, which describes itself as an “online travel agent offering bucket list experiences […]
Australia’s Hottest 100 Travel Websites
As references change online all across the world, Australia’s 100 travel websites ranking also witnessed a significant shift: Can we say Farewell to Webjet and Adios to Wotif? Not quite, just joking, but they are no longer top of the heap. Booking.com is now Australia’s biggest and fast-fastest growing online travel agent, leaving local rivals […]
Not so happy campers as new Youcamp owner Hipcamp levies hefty service fees
Youcamp, which pioneered the concept of camping on private land in Australia, has been sold to US company Hipcamp, which in rapid succession has closed the site, migrated its content to the parent portal, rebranded it Hipcamp Australia and introduced a controversial customer service fee that can exceed 20 percent. Closing the Youcamp website has met […]
Stayz finally moves to all commission model, just 10% buts gets slammed by property owners
Stayz, Australia’s largest holiday home rental site, has eliminated its combined listing/booking fees and moved to a flat 10% commission on all homes booked, creating a kerfuffle among some property owners who are threatening to shift all their business to Airbnb. Now owned by Expedia, Stayz had previously charged a $164 annual listing fee plus […]
Sembo, Hopper, FlixMobility 🚌
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Before we head off for the weekend, let’s dive into this week’s overview of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups. Here we go: FlixMobility has acquired US-based Greyhound, the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the US. […]
Gearing up for the travel comeback
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Just this week the traveltech startup Fly Now Pay Later announced a new investment round of €11.5 million, which will allow the company to grow in UK, Germany and launch in US. A few weeks ago this could sound like a naive […]